Visualization and quantification of lung disease utilizing image registration
US10255679B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 7, 2017 |
| Grant date | Apr 9, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 7, 2037 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2219/2012
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods and systems for assessing lung function using volumetric images obtained at inspiration and expiration. The method may include processing the first and second set of images to identify known anatomical structures of the lungs, registering the first set of images to the second set of images to match voxels of the first set of images to voxels of the second set of images as matched pairs of inspiratory and expiratory voxels, calculating a continuous probability of a lung characteristic at a location of the matched pairs of voxels, and displaying the result on a display. The method may also include classifying lung tissue at each location as normal, having air trapping without emphysema, or being emphysematous.
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